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Thanks for showing this tip! Very handy.

Rob

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Originally Posted by Tartan (Post 8111307)

When quilting straight lines, you can use your walking foot but unless you go in only one direction, you will need to turn your quilt. Turning a quilt to do the stitching is hard.
You can FMQ straight lines by having a ruler foot and a thick ruler. This allows you to keep the quilt in the same position but quilt in any direction you want sewing along the ruler. ( Just like the long armers do but on your sewing machine) Since the feed dogs are down and you are controlling the stitch length yourself, I sometimes get an oops.

Ah, yes, that makes sense - not having to turn the quilt around. I did a quick google search on ruler quilting and found one needs a special foot for that. But for the ruler, would an ordinary, thick plexiglass quilting ruler do the job or is there also a special one needed?

OK, I realise that I might have more questions about ruler quilting, so I just started a thread in the main forum so this one doesn't turn into a discussion about it! :)

https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...ml#post8111460

I have actually put couching stitches over the long stitches, with monofilament thread, to look like the stitches are smaller. I travel through the batting between stitches. No one has ever noticed. Lol.

I've decide this has to do with the thickness at the point of needle penetration. It happens to me too. If possible I try to avoid those spots but with SID and tracing you can't.